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calculous |
caused by or having a stony concretion or calculus. |
chondrite |
a stony meteorite that contains chondrules, formed from materials present in the early solar system . |
conglomerate |
a mass of various components, esp. stony material composed of various kinds of rock. [1/5 definitions] |
gulch |
a stony ravine with steep sides, esp. one having a seasonal stream running through it. |
madrepore |
a kind of stony coral that forms reefs in tropical seas. |
petrous |
hard or stony. [1/2 definitions] |
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